Earned his second Oscar nomination for his role in last year's treacly rags-to-riches tale The Pursuit of Happyness, which grossed $305 million worldwide. Next up: this winter's apocalyptic thriller I Am Legend. One of Hollywood's most reliable hitmakers, his going rate is $20 million per film, plus a chunk of box office grosses.

Earnings estimates are for June 2006 to June 2007. Figures rounded off where appropriate. Exact figures available on Forbes.com. Includes dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted. Estimates by Forbes; sources include Billboard, Pollstar, Adams Media Research, Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BookScan. Rankings are generated by combining earnings with other metrics: Web mentions on Google press clips compiled by LexisNexis; TV/radio mentions by Factiva; and number of times a celebrity's face appeared on the cover of 32 major consumer magazines.